Detroit rapper Big Sean closed down part of Woodward Avenue in Detroit on Nov. 19 to film parts of his new music video, "Guap." / B.J. Hammerstein/DFP

By B.J. Hammerstein

Detroit Free Press staff writer

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Detroit rapper Big Sean shut down Woodward Avenue for a few hours today to film the music video for his new song, "Guap."

The afternoon shoot downtown featured the 24-year-old rapper, born Sean Michael Anderson, in a boat that was being pulled by a truck as it made its way down Woodward.

Other locations used during the shoot were the Michigan Theater and Stadium Liquor on Cass Avenue. Scenes were also to be shot from a helicopter that was scheduled to take off from Belle Isle this evening, said location manger Tom Moisides of Colony Films.

Seventy7 Productions' Zaakir Kareem, the video's assistant director, said fans might see the video debut as early as two weeks from now, though when and where it premieres depends ultimately on Big Sean and representatives from his label, Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music.

Producers said West had hoped to be a part of the Motor City shoot but he was rumored to be out of the country.

Detroit native Deelishis, best known from VH1's reality series "Flavor of Love," was at the scene downtown during the afternoon and said she was going to make a cameo in "Guap."

"It's amazing that Big Sean, an artist who is peaking right now, decided to do the video right here in Detroit," she said. "He could do this in Los Angeles, Brazil, wherever. But he wanted to do it right here with all of his friends and fans."

Detroit I'm shooting a video right now on Woodward between Park Ave n Grand River.Come thru if u want to be in it wit me right now til 1pm